Sara Crewe lives happily at Miss Minchin's boarding school, where her beautiful clothes and gracious manners make her seem just like a real princess—until the day she loses everything. Now she must wear rags, sleep in the attic, and work hard for her living. Sara is poor and alone, but she keeps telling herself that she can still be a little princess inside, if only she tries hard enough.

Paperback, 320 pages

Published on December 5, 2017 by Virago

ISBN-10: 0349009333

ISBN-13: 9780349009339

20 Book Reviews

This is one of my favorite books of all time. It starts out with Sara having everything she could every want. but her father invested in dimend mines in inda then gets sick and dies. she mean while was in England at miss Minchin's school having every comfort you could imagine... until her father dies and she is left with no money, no home, no family. She stays at miss Minchin's school as a maid. but miss minchins horrid to her, she lives in the drafty attic ,is halfed starved , and wares close that are to small. but she keeps apositiv adatode throe thehole deel .

i love this because of mainly the whole story. Sara Crewe was a frail girl, so she couldn't live with her father in India. He was also a chef of the military . Her mother died when she was very young, so Sara is all her father had. However, he had to drop her off because she could stand the heat in India. Since he came from London, Sara's father decided to send Sara to Miss Minchin's boarding school for girls in London. However, before he left he had bought Sara an extraordinary wardrobe and a doll , so she would fit in with the other girls. At first, Miss Minchin said she would be a favorite pupil only because she was getting money. But when Sara got the letter 3years later that said her father gave his bank book to a friend he thought he could trust, but instead his so called "Friend," robbed him and ran away. Slowly Sara's father weaken from stress and his surroundings and soon died. Miss Minchin saw the letter and told Miss Amelia Miss Minchin's younger sister and they, including the other pupils started treating Sara badly. Now, Sara's doll emily is the only friend she has, but Sara still believes she has a friend inside her.

A Little Princess enters a young girl's frantic world, as her father is once again, engaging in war. She is sent off to a strict boarding school in which she finds that her peers are all in a similar situation. As she gets to know her new companions, they all worry about the same issue: Will their parents ever come home?